Amanda

“Liv,” he said, his voice rough with tenderness, “you don’t have to be afraid.”

“Why not?”

“Because I’ll slay monsters for you.”
― Nina Lane, Arouse

“I think I've been afraid most of my life to be myself.”
― J.A. Redmerski

“It’s such a funny thing. Regret. By the time you regret something, the moment has already passed. There’s no time machine to go back and make a different decision.”
― Penelope Black, Gilded Princess

“Whoever said it got easier with time was wrong, death never got easier. The pain dulls around your heart, numbing the spot the deceased inhabited in your chest-- but it was never easier. Loss was still loss-- a physical pain, a hurt that reaches deep inside you and smothers your soul, forever indenting their memory. No, death was still death, loss was still loss, and pain was still pain. Time didn't change that.”
― Kelsie Leverich, The Valentine's Arrangement